Anybody purchased a DIY remap chip off ebay?

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Post 780179 by CAMO on 2015-08-03 20:16:54

Seen this on ebay, and wondered if anybody has took the plunge and had one. Looks like a self solder job???? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181817566823?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Post 780181 by twr on 2015-08-03 20:19:41

Not for a t5 but I did for a Clio Williams once which went horribly wrong. Personally I would avoid and get it done by somebody who does it for you for not much more money like..... Well I prefer not to say I case I upset anybody

Post 780213 by martin_r_smith on 2015-08-03 22:53:44

Just...... No!

Post 780231 by MoleT-5R on 2015-08-04 01:28:00

I'd want a lot information on it than it gives in the ebay ad and as the old saying goes "if it seems too cheap to be true, it probably is"

Post 780248 by ExternalError on 2015-08-04 10:08:10

No,No and No Mighty Car Mods did a myth busters on these things and had them analysed at best it will be a resistor built into a chip that will reduce the signal strength of some readings there for providing the ecu with false readings to counteract its safety cut off mechanisms built into the ecu at worst it could cause damage to your ecu or other components, save the money and get a proper map later down the line.

Post 780256 by Gold 'N' Brown on 2015-08-04 12:30:49

Wee chav went past me this morning revving his crapped out Civic 1.4 for no good reason. You could see the fumes from the exhaust and the air was thick with it for a good minute after. First thing I thought was "that'll be an eBay resistor mod then". EDIT: Apologies that this has very little to do with the question :troutslap:

Post 780390 by CAMO on 2015-08-04 23:28:04

OK I get it. NOOOOOOOOOOO!

Post 780398 by MoleT-5R on 2015-08-04 23:59:26

Shem seems to be getting a lot of mentions in various places for re-maps, worth considering and the price looks good for stage 1/2 from what I saw of his ebay ad

Post 780411 by Buddy-T5 on 2015-08-05 07:53:09

I have the same chip. I've bought it on eBay. With modifications I got 317hp and 489nm on it. Everything works perfect. I'm satisfied.

Post 780412 by jamesy12345 on 2015-08-05 08:03:02

[QUOTE=Buddy-T5;780411]I have the same chip. I've bought it on eBay. With modifications I got 317hp and 489nm on it. Everything works perfect. I'm satisfied.[/QUOTE] Any chance of a list of modifications & a dyno print out? //edit not this is it..? Vot: https://www.drive2.ru/r/volvo/878736/ 1. Чип DP Tuning на 300 л.с. и 430нм. CHIP DP TUNING 2. Прямоточный выпуск, задняя банка MG RACE EXAUST 3. Дроссель с 960 70мм THROTTLE BODY 960 4. Насос бош 040 BOSCH FUEL PUMP 5. Форсы синие на 350сс INJECTORS 6. Алюминиевый пайпинг 2.5' + силикон самко спорт INTERCOOLER PIPING/HOSES 7. Корпус расходомера от 960 76мм MAF 8. Вентиляция картера в атмосферу. BLOW OFF VALVE 9. Коробка m56H+QUAIFE BOX & LSD 10. Кулер Apexi V-Mount. FMIC 11. Распредвалы от 2.5 атмо. NA CAMS 12. Впускной коллектор кастом CUSTOM INTAKE MANIFOLD 13. Внешний байпас Forge EVO/Subaru BYPASS VALVE?? maybe recirc 14. Резина Hankook RS3 TYRES 15. Нулевик AEM AIR FILTER 16. Свечи Denso IK-27 SPARK PLUGS 17. Выпускной коллектор от S60R EXHAUST MANIFOLD Паспортные данные Двигатель 2.3 (226 л.с.) 2319 CC ENGINE Машина 1993 года выпуска, была куплена в 2012 году 1993 CAR, PURCHASED IN 2012

Post 780413 by kmb on 2015-08-05 08:19:20

Maybe he's an Ebay chip selling bot... especially as he only joined the forum yesterday and posted this :o

Post 780415 by jamesy12345 on 2015-08-05 08:57:13

[QUOTE=kmb;780413]Maybe he's an Ebay chip selling bot... especially as he only joined the forum yesterday and posted this :o[/QUOTE] that was my first thoughts hence the request for some evidence...."pictures or it didn't happen"....but the numbers mentioned and user name match the Belarusian car I linked above.

Post 780417 by twr on 2015-08-05 09:15:55

[QUOTE=Buddy-T5;780411]I have the same chip. I've bought it on eBay. With modifications I got 317hp and 489nm on it. Everything works perfect. I'm satisfied.[/QUOTE] I will eat my own hat hahaha

Post 780418 by jamesy12345 on 2015-08-05 09:30:07

[QUOTE=twr;780417]I will eat my own hat hahaha[/QUOTE] it does seem high for a 15G...

Post 780419 by Buddy-T5 on 2015-08-05 10:15:11

[QUOTE=jamesy12345;780418]it does seem high for a 15G...[/QUOTE] Yes, the link is right on my car. There you can find the whole info about the car and the process of tuning. Also there are some videos and pictures of Dyno

Post 780420 by dant5r on 2015-08-05 10:28:05

I'm I right in think that it made 317bhp at 3500 rpm ?

Post 780421 by jamesy12345 on 2015-08-05 10:29:27

[QUOTE=Buddy-T5;780419]Yes, the link is right on my car. There you can find the whole info about the car and the process of tuning. Also there are some videos and pictures of Dyno[/QUOTE] well hello & :welcome: then. I thought you were an ebay seller going to sell us chips. Looks like you are from Belarus? Everyone in Belarus knows who this is: [ATTACH=CONFIG]29392[/ATTACH] If you tell me who is this guy, then you have passed the test and I for one will believe you :)

Post 780423 by jamesy12345 on 2015-08-05 10:37:05

[QUOTE=dant5r;780420]I'm I right in think that it made 317bhp at 3500 rpm ?[/QUOTE] The graph in the link below says 317 at 5185 https://www.drive2.ru/r/volvo/878736/logbook/

Post 780424 by dant5r on 2015-08-05 10:40:09

I was looking at the top red which must be torque.

Post 780425 by smithy on 2015-08-05 10:59:18

What did the car do on the quater mile against the Saab

Post 780428 by mike 850 on 2015-08-05 11:22:19

I had that exact chip previously, made similar numbers to rica, about 280 bhp on my 94 t5 manual, afrs all good, not much below 3.8k but nice above that, ok for a cheapy

Post 780431 by Ettienne on 2015-08-05 11:54:11

I know from speaking with rob the 304/310 remaps (which he has copies of as data / settings) are just tweaking the fuel and ignition timing and very little else. I would say it's risky buying one, but with the 940s we buy loose chips and fit them from eBay / forum users. It could be possible that the seller is such a person as a forum user and flashes them on, but obviously that's difficult to tell via Ebay.

Post 780432 by kmb on 2015-08-05 12:10:32

I'd suggest getting Oblark to sort a nice progressively mapped M4.4 ECU, works nicely on my T5.

Post 780434 by oblark on 2015-08-05 12:21:44

I've seen a 16t make that sort of power and then it died so for a 15g to make 317 bhp ............. The rica maps are just a fuel, ignition and boost increases within the safe boundaries of the standard map.

Post 780482 by Buddy-T5 on 2015-08-05 18:55:27

[QUOTE=oblark;780434]I've seen a 16t make that sort of power and then it died so for a 15g to make 317 bhp ............. The rica maps are just a fuel, ignition and boost increases within the safe boundaries of the standard map.[/QUOTE] Well, the boost is not extremely high, on 4th it's 1.4bar in peak and 1bar in the end. Of course, the lifetime of the turbo became less, but not so catastrophic. Such power was gained due to modifications. I'm pretty sure that I can gain a bit more by installing green injectors, raising boost to 1.5bar in peak, tuning the program of the chip and tuning the position of NA cams. But there is no need to do that, because you will bent rods. A month ago I've bent rods on my engine. I raised the boost to maximum 1.7-1.8bar and the car produced around 330-335hp, but after several drag races the engine started to knock. Than I lowered the boost to 1.4 in peak and made a dyno and several drag races with saab. So 317hp was dynode with bent rods:) Now I'm planning to install H-beam rods, K24 turbo. Yesterday the quaife was installed in gearbox.

Post 780485 by Ettienne on 2015-08-05 19:00:37

[QUOTE=Buddy-T5;780482]Well, the boost is not extremely high, on 4th it's 1.4bar in peak and 1bar in the end. Of course, the lifetime of the turbo became less, but not so catastrophic. Such power was gained due to modifications. I'm pretty sure that I can gain a bit more by installing green injectors, raising boost to 1.5bar in peak, tuning the program of the chip and tuning the position of NA cams. But there is no need to do that, because you will bent rods. A month ago I've bent rods on my engine. I raised the boost to maximum 1.7-1.8bar and the car produced around 330-335hp, but after several drag races the engine started to knock. Than I lowered the boost to 1.4 in peak and made a dyno and several drag races with saab. So 317hp was dynode with bent rods:) Now I'm planning to install H-beam rods, K24 turbo. Yesterday the quaife was installed in gearbox.[/QUOTE] Can you post up a project thread, it would be interesting to see. Where abouts are you from?

Post 780499 by Buddy-T5 on 2015-08-05 19:21:28

http://www.drive2.ru/r/volvo/878736/ This is my thread, but its in Russian, I don't think you will understand anything. I'm from Belarus, Minsk city.

Post 780503 by Ettienne on 2015-08-05 19:26:04

[QUOTE=Buddy-T5;780499]http://www.drive2.ru/r/volvo/878736/ This is my thread, but its in Russian, I don't think you will understand anything. I'm from Belarus, Minsk city.[/QUOTE] Your not wrong I can't read Russian lol, I can see some thing like 76mm throttle body etc Good work!!

Post 780506 by Buddy-T5 on 2015-08-05 19:30:23

Thanx, I cant wait till I'll install k24 turbo. I'm planning to have about 360-370 hp, with quaife it should run pretty nice.

Post 780508 by oblark on 2015-08-05 19:32:51

[QUOTE=Buddy-T5;780482]Well, the boost is not extremely high, on 4th it's 1.4bar in peak and 1bar in the end. Of course, the lifetime of the turbo became less, but not so catastrophic. Such power was gained due to modifications. I'm pretty sure that I can gain a bit more by installing green injectors, raising boost to 1.5bar in peak, tuning the program of the chip and tuning the position of NA cams. But there is no need to do that, because you will bent rods. A month ago I've bent rods on my engine. I raised the boost to maximum 1.7-1.8bar and the car produced around 330-335hp, but after several drag races the engine started to knock. Than I lowered the boost to 1.4 in peak and made a dyno and several drag races with saab. So 317hp was dynode with bent rods:) Now I'm planning to install H-beam rods, K24 turbo. Yesterday the quaife was installed in gearbox.[/QUOTE] Have you had it mapped for the larger MAF and the 350cc injectors ?

Post 780509 by Buddy-T5 on 2015-08-05 19:37:54

No, didn't do anything with the chip. That's why I'm saying that I can gain a bit more power.

Post 780518 by oblark on 2015-08-05 20:01:26

[QUOTE=Buddy-T5;780509]No, didn't do anything with the chip. That's why I'm saying that I can gain a bit more power.[/QUOTE] Ooooohh. The standard ecu is mapped for the standard MAF which gives at 4.9v 826 kg/hr with standard injectors which are 315cc with a injector constant of 1.0 So if you are running a 960 MAF which gives at 4.9v 1107 kg/hr and the 350cc injectors having a injecctor constant of 0.906 I'm running a M4.4 ecu mapped for 3.25" MAF which at 4.9v gives 1603 kg/hr and greens which are 440cc with a constant of 0.7735 I had to run drive my car 7 miles when I had a M4.4 ecu problem with a RICA 304 ecu and it idled rough and drove very lean. So if you haven't mapped for the larger maf and injectors I would question the 317 bhp reading.

Post 780587 by Buddy-T5 on 2015-08-06 08:33:56

Well, the aim was to get 300hp+ on stock turbo and it was achieved. Next step in tuning will be k24 turbo with m4.4 mapped properly.